Mining major Rio Tinto will supply iron ore pellets from Canada to a hydrogen-based ironmaking project in France.
Having entered into “definitive agreements” with GravitHy, a sustainable iron firm launched in 2022 by EIT InnoEnergy, Engie New Ventures and Forvia, the direct reduction iron (DRI) ore pellets will be converted into low-carbon hot briquetted iron (HBI).
With plans of developing its flagship two million tonne per year HBI facility in Fos-sur-Mer, France, GravitHy intends to use grid-connected nuclear power to produce hydrogen to process DRI pellets into HBI.
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